A column and a reading from the past

Paul David Mena has written an interesting haiku column over at GotPoetry.com. The name of the column is haiku from the street - Wall Street. Paul writes:

While most haiku concern themselves with nature, taking their subject matter from the changes of season, the rise and fall of the stock market has its own cyclical attributes that can be readily observed...(the column continues here)

I stumbled across a gem of a reading while searching for haiku videos on YouTube. Here's a video of Raffael de Gruttola discussing haiku and reading a few poems that was recorded before there was a YouTube.



I've just realized that I've posted something about all three members of The Metro West Renku Association within a week. Perhaps Blogging Along Tobacco Road should do a feature on the group, eh? ;-)